Hello Teshome
It’s very good to hear from you and I’m delighted that you have found our work on the Transformational Government Framework interesting and of relevance to your research.
The TGF is fundamentally a framework for delivering transformational change to the delivery of public services on a government-wide level. It embraces the enabling potential of ICT, but is not narrowly an ICT or e-governance framework. So yes, it should be useful in the circumstances you describe. And it explicitly embraces public-private-partnership, recognising as one of the core TGF principles that government needs to partner in the marketplace in order to deliver public policy objectives effectively.
As with all OASIS standards they can be used as long as the conditions of Section 14 of the OASIS IPR Policy are adhered to, see http://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr
You will have just received a reply from Carol Geyer about possibly joining our TC and let me say we would be delighted to have you on our committee and assist us with our work.
I wish you every success with your research and if there’s any further advice I can give please let me know.
Regards
John Borras
Chair OASIS TGF Technical Committee
m. +(0)44 7976 157745
Skype: gov3john
www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=tgf
From: Teshome Tafesse Beyene [mailto:teshometafesse@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 January 2012 11:42
To: johnaborras@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: peter@peterfbrown.com; chris.parker@cstransform.com
Subject: request for your academic support and consent
To John Borras
Peter F Brown
Chris Parker
Dear madam and sirs,
warm Greetings from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
I am an Ethiopian academic working on my PhD dissertation proposal in public management. in the process of my internet search for relevant conceptual model of study i found an interesting model developed by you and your team - namely Transformational Government Framework Primer Version 1.0 - which is wonderful and well done. I congratulate your team for this far reaching work. I am impressed not only by its quality and scientific nature, but also by your kindness of making the same accessible for all global citizens like myself. I really appreciate that. very BIG Thank U!
My research is concerned with assessing the transformational leadership (public) framework for successful implementation of public private partnership (PPP) in the development process - the Ethiopian case. The main objective of which is 'developing a general framework and typology of PPPs for Ethiopian development'. so my problem is - a concptual framework of transformational leadership (Governance?) in which collaboration of all sectors ( private, public and third sector civil society) can effectively engaged so as the rapid development plan and poverty alleviation endeavor of the country can be achieved.
I know that the framework you developed (TGF) is meant to be applied for ICT or e-Governance. So can I adopt it with a little modification to serve my purpose?
would you please freely comment on my plan as the international professionals in the area and recommend me any relevant model? your virtual support is highly appreciated and to be acknowledged in my PhD Dissertation.
I thank you so much for your concern and understanding.
Best regards,
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Teshome Tafesse (MA, PhD Candidate)
Lecturer in Institute of Leadership and Good Governance -ILG
Ethiopian Civil Service University - ECSU
P.O.Box: 22811-1000
Telephone: Res. +251-116-454743
Cell Phone: +251-913784956
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
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